Afghanistan: Taliban
(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what preventative steps his Department is taking to protect British citizens in Afghanistan or those associated with British institutions from the risks of (a) torture, (b) hostage taking and (b) extra-judicial killings at the hands of the Taliban following recent developments in that country.
This question was answered on 10th September 2021
We have asked all British nationals who remain in Afghanistan to register their presence with us to give us a detailed picture of those remaining, and an additional means, beyond our publicly-available Travel Advice, for us to be able to send regular updates and advice on what they should do next. We are working as a priority to verify those who have responded. That process is ongoing. We continue to look at all possible avenues to ensure that any British Nationals are able to leave safely if they wish to
A number of senior Taliban figures have made assurances that they will respect human rights – we will now judge them by their actions. We continue to galvanise the international community and bring together the widest possible group of influential countries to exercise the maximum moderating influence on the Taliban that we possibly can.
We have asked all British nationals who remain in Afghanistan to register their presence with us to give us a detailed picture of those remaining, and an additional means, beyond our publicly-available Travel Advice, for us to be able to send regular updates and advice on what they should do next. We are working as a priority to verify those who have responded. That process is ongoing. We continue to look at all possible avenues to ensure that any British Nationals are able to leave safely if they wish to
A number of senior Taliban figures have made assurances that they will respect human rights – we will now judge them by their actions. We continue to galvanise the international community and bring together the widest possible group of influential countries to exercise the maximum moderating influence on the Taliban that we possibly can.